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Visitors and residents love the quiet and the spectacular view that comes from parasailing over the Atlantic Ocean off the Broward and Palm Beach county coasts. But the experience can also turn deadly. "I thought the worst thing that could happen is you would fall slowly into the water," said Jason Chalik, a Plantation lawyer who's become an outspoken critic of Florida government, which doesn't regulate parasailing. "It's a dangerous activity that doesn't look dangerous." In the last 12 1/2 years, 20 parasailing accidents have resulted in 20 injuries and six deaths in Florida. Though U.S. government agencies oversee some elements of parasailing, no...

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Visitors and residents love the quiet and the spectacular view that comes from parasailing over the Atlantic Ocean off the Broward and Palm Beach county coasts. But the experience can also turn deadly.
"I thought the worst thing that could happen is...